Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

First, a little background about me. I have been working out for most of my life (I'm 48), have been involved with and taught martial arts for more than 20 years, and at one time was a certified personal trainer. I recently went back to work full time and found myself making it to the gym on fewer and fewer occasions. I bought a set of kettle bells and purchased this DVD work out thinking it would be a good way to get in a quick work out in the morning. I have only been through about 5 of the work outs to date. I can see where this can be an excellent work out, and I will derive benefit from them. Unfortunately, there are a few critical items I feel compelled to objectively point out for others to consider before purchasing these DVDs. First, I was not quite sure what individuals that previously reviewed this product were talking about when they talked about how annoying the 'cut and paste' of the work outs were. Basically, there are several routines that are repeated over and over in various work outs - the exact same routine. In other words, they went in and recorded all of these work outs in a day or two and just copied and pasted the routines over and over again where they needed them in one of your six week programs. Doesn't sound bad, but the timing is horrible. You will be working out with one routine, perhaps on the ground and when you finish up they fade out and the next thing you know in the next clip everyone is standing up ready to start the next routine before you can even get up - trust me, it is annoying and does not make for a smooth transition from one exercise to the next. Secondly, and perhaps more important, the instructor moves much to quickly for the average new student. I have a background in fitness and athletics and his pace is much to quick for beginners. He also does not give proper instruction to avoid joint injury, for instance, when he instructs on the reverse punch with the kettle bells. A punch with weights, especially for a beginner, should be done slowly and smoothly with no snap at all or you will have an increased chance of inuring your elbow...not a word of caution from the trainer regarding this. Also, no consideration during the work out for you to not worry about keeping up, or to take a break if you need to , etc. - Any good trainer would encourage there students to work hard but not over do it and take a break or slow down if necessary. Lastly, in several of his routines, he does not complete an even number of sets with the right arm compared to the left arm - this is unforgivable! If this had only happened once and was off by a count of one I would have thought 'no big deal'. However, I have already seen this at least in two different routines and the count difference is by more than three reps. I think even a new student at a gym would know if they were doing some dumb bell curls for instance, that you would not complete 8 with your right hand and 4 with your left! Bottom line, If I could return these on the spot and get my money back, I would - BUT, I don't want to go to the trouble of going to the post office to mail them back. So, I will realize the flaws, adapt, and make them work in the short term. I will definitely look for a better work out routine after I finish a few weeks with these.